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SIDNEY Hon-T, oF'sARAzBoo, WISCONSIN,y

Letters .Patent o. 79,072, dated June 2:3, 1868..y

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Be it known that I, SIDNEY HoLT, of Baraboo, inthe county of Sauk, and State oiyWisconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hop-Stripper; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,` clear, Vand exact description thcrcotQ'whieh will enablegthose skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference beingl had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in whichl Figure 1A is a vertical longitudinal section of my improved machine, taken through the line a: a', iig. .2; Figure 2 is an end view of the same, part being' brok'en away to show the construction. Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. My invention has for its'fbbject to furnish a simple and'convenient machine for :stripping the 'hops from th And it consists in the construction and combination oi' thevvarious parts, as hereirifaftermore fully described Ais the frameof the machine, from thefro'nt andrrear endsl of the horizontal beams of which are suspended two rollers, B. 4

The journals ot' 4the rollers'B revolve in bearingeinthe lower endsof the arms C, the upper ends ofwhic'h are secured to the horizontalbeams of the frame A by screws or bolts, which pass through slots in the sad'upper ends oi' the said arms, and screw into the said beams,-so that the rollers may be adjusted to a higher or lowerV level, as may be desired.r

D is an endless belt, which passes around the rollers B, to carry the hops from the4 stripping-device to the sieveor other receptacle. y

E and F are two bars, placed sideby side at the front end of the machine, and which have upwardly.

projecting fingers, G, rigidly attached to them, in such positions as to correspond with each other, as shown in iig. L

One of the bars, as E, Vis rigidly' attached to the frame A of the mach-ine,and the other, F, slides back and i forth longitudinallyupon guides attached to said frame, and the movement of which is'limited by stop-pins attached to the bar E, and which enter slots in-the bar F, as shown in iig. 2.,

The bar F is moved in one direction by means ot" the handle or leverH attached to it,to remove the .corresponding ingcrs'G from each other, so as to insert the vines between the said fingers.

Ijs a coiled wire spring, one end of which is attached to the frame A, and itsvother end to the slidingbar F, to draw back the said bar when the viue's have been placed between the fingers G, and when the said bar has been released from the hand of the operator. v i l l Then, asthe vines are drawn out from betweenV the ngers Gr, the hops are stripped from the vines by the action of said iingers, and fall down upon the endless, belt i J is a roller, the journals of which re'volve in bearings attached to the upper side of the horizontal beams of the frame A. i

` The roller J is studded with several rows of curved teeth, K, and motion is givento itby means of a crank,V

S, attached to the projecting end of one ofits journals. v

L isa beam, attached to the upper ends of' the bars or standards M, which said standards are adjustably attached to thc outer sides of the frame Aby set-screws, which pass through slots in the ends of the said bars or standards M, and screw into the A'ranue A, so thatthe said standards may be adj-usted to support the beam 'L at any desired-distance from the roller or cylinder `IN are teeth, attached to and projecting from' the lower side of the beam L, so as to interlock with the teeth K of the roller Il'. v l

By this construction, as the hops are carried back by the endless belt'or apron D, the tine or broken-up hops pass beneath the roller J, but any clusters that may be upon said belt will be caught by the curved `fingers, or teeth K, raised and carried over the said'roller J, and, by the action of the interlocking fingers K and and N, will be thoroughly torn in pieces, and will then fall back upon theendless belt D. Y

Q isa belt, which passesaround the pulley P attached to the` journal of the roller J, and around the pulley Q attached to the journal of one of therollers B, yto communicate motionte said roller, and through it to the endless belt D.

R is a platform or stationary apron, attached to the frame A directly'beneath the roller J, to hold the upper part of Ithe endless apron orjbelt D up to its place and prevent itssagging, so that any clusters of hops that' may be upon said apron, when passing beneathv 'the said roller, may, without faiL'be caught by the teeth or ngers Kef said'roller or cylinder.-

I claim as new, and desire to secure v by Letters Patent- 1. The combination and'arrangement, upon the frame A, of the fixed and sliding bars E F respectively, substantallyas and for the purpose set fortli.

2. -The combination and arrangement, with relation to the toothed cylinder J, of the endless carrier D, rollers l, and vertically-adjustable hangers C, as herein shown and described, for the purpose specicd.

- The toothed bar L, in combination with the toothed-roller J, substantially as 4and foxthe purpose herein set forth.

4. The described arrangement upon one frame,'A, of the hop-'stripping device, consisting of the parte E, F, G, H, I, the breaking-device J' K L M N,A and the endless carrier D, passing around adjustable rollers B, all constructed and combined to operate in the manner and for the purpose substantially as set forth.

The above specification of my invention signed by nie, this 30th day of January, 1868.

- SIDNEY' HOLT.

Witnesses:

WM. F. McNAMARA, Y JAMEs T. GRAHAM, 

